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Once an elderly person suffers a fracture, it often leads to serious consequences and a very slow recovery. However, if they receive scientific and high-quality care, they may reap very good recovery results. Recently, at the Taibao Home Nanjing Community, the recovery of Grandma Zhang was very encouraging.

Grandma Zhang, 88 years old, taught at Nanjing Agricultural University before retirement and devoted her life to rural construction and agricultural economic development. Her independent life changed after an accidental fall that resulted in a hip fracture. After receiving right artificial femoral head replacement surgery at Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Grandma Zhang urgently needs better medical rehabilitation care.

At this critical moment, Grandma Zhou, an old colleague of Grandma Zhang and a resident of Taibao Home Nanjing Community, recommended Taibao Home Nanjing Community to Grandma Zhang’s son, hoping that she could receive high-quality rehabilitation care here and regain her health.

(Taibao Home Nanjing Community is located in the scenic east of the city)

On December 29, 2023, accompanied by her son, Grandma Zhang took the 120 transfer vehicle to the Nanjing Community of Taibao Home. The community's multidisciplinary team conducted a comprehensive assessment of Grandma Zhang and tailored a rehabilitation and care plan for her. Grandma Zhang suffers from hypertension and rheumatoid arthritis. After evaluation, her right knee extensor muscle strength was level 3+, knee flexor muscle group level 4, ankle dorsiflexion and plantar flexor muscle group 3+. The right hip joint has limited movement, accompanied by pain, and most daily life activities require help.

(Taibao Home has complete supporting facilities)

When Grandma Zhang first arrived at the community, she was reluctant to actively communicate with others and was also "warned" about the service staff in the retirement community. The caregivers and rehabilitation therapists of Taibao Home Nanjing Community took the initiative to chat with her during her daily life and rehabilitation training, cared about her daily life, and carefully customized a detailed rehabilitation plan for Grandma Zhang, including physical factor therapy, exercise therapy, joint range of motion training, muscle strength training, sit-stand training, walking training and other dimensions.

(Grandma Zhang is doing daily rehabilitation training)

After continuous care and rehabilitation training from the multidisciplinary team of Taibao Home Nanjing Community, Grandma Zhang's physical condition has greatly improved. From being in a wheelchair at the beginning, to being able to use a walker, to being able to walk with the accompaniment of caregivers, and finally being able to walk independently, her care level has been reduced from level 4 to level 2.

It is understood that based on Grandma Zhang's physical condition, the nutritionist also customized a special dietary plan for her: increase the intake of high-quality protein, such as fish, shrimp, eggs, meat, and soy beans; increase the intake of iron-rich foods such as lean pork, pork liver, and duck blood to improve anemia; increase the intake of potassium-rich vegetables and fruits, such as bananas, oranges, tomatoes, etc.; drink soy milk for breakfast (Grandma avoids milk) to supplement nutrients such as calcium and phosphorus; supplement with calcium tablets and vitamin D3 to promote postoperative recovery; increase nutritional supplements such as protein powder to improve low albumin and anemia.

After the downgrade of nursing care, Grandma Zhang's physical condition has improved significantly. She expressed her heartfelt gratitude to the community staff who accompany her every day. Grandma Zhang also attaches great importance to the rehabilitation therapist's advice: "Muscle recovery is a long process, and you must persist in exercising regularly." Even when she is in the elevator, Grandma Zhang will use the short time to tiptoe to exercise her leg strength.

It was because of the old lady's perseverance and the trust and affirmation of the multidisciplinary team of Taibao Home Nanjing Community that she was able to recover from the pain of fracture through scientific and high-quality rehabilitation and return to a healthy life. Grandma Zhang's tenacious spirit and optimistic attitude towards life also infected other residents and staff of Taibao Home Nanjing Community, and everyone benefited a lot.